Principles for Crown action on the Treaty of Waitangi, 1989
By: introduction by Therese Crocker
Contributors: New Zealand. Department of Justice; Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies. Treaty of Waitangi Research Unit
Series: Historical document series -- no. 6; Historical documents series -- no. 6
Publisher: Treaty of Waitangi Research Unit, Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Wellington, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 15
ISBN-13: 9780475123879
Subjects: Maori (New Zealand people); Government relations; Tiriti o Waitangi; Kāwanatanga; Treaty of Waitangi
Other titles: Crown and the Treaty of Waitangi; Principles for Crown action on the Treaty of Waitangi
Description: "In July 1989 the fourth Labour Government published Principles for Crown Action on the Treaty of Waitangi. This document provided a formal, publicly notified policy framework 'of the Principles on which the Crown propose[d] to act' in matters arising from the Treaty of Waitangi. It sets out five principles on which the Crown would base its actions: Principle 1: The Principle of Government/Kawanatanga; Principle 2: The Principle of Self Management/Rangatiratanga; Principle 3: The Principle of Equality; Principle 4: The Principle of Reasonable Cooperation; Principle 5: The Principle of Redress... Well over a decade since Wilson's confirmation of their ongoing validity, it seems timely to begin a scholarly reexamination of the principles and their impact..."--From introduction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 12-13 1st seq.).